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Showa Day (昭和の日, Shōwa no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held on April 29. It honors the birthday of Emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito ), the reigning emperor from 1926 to 1989. [ 1 ] Shō (昭) means "shining" or "bright", and wa (和) means "peace", signifying the "enlightened peace" that citizens receive.
Name Date Remarks Ref. New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu): January 1 This national holiday was established in 1948, as a day to celebrate the new year. New Year's Day marks the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season, the New Year season (正月, Shōgatsu), which generally refers to the first one, three or seven days of the year.
A bus decorated with two flags in celeberation of Greenery Day, 2024. The present observation of Greenery Day (みどりの日, Midori no Hi) as a public holiday in Japan stems from the celebration of the birthday of the Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito, who lived from 1901 to 1989) on April 29 every year during the Shōwa era (1926 - 1989).
The mismatch arises as Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20. Federal holidays cause federal offices to close along with banks and financial markets .
On Dec. 18, Jenna Bush Hager shared on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna that her co-host will be celebrated the entire week leading up to her last day, which is set for Friday, Jan. 10, in the new year.
Memorials to the era include Shōwa Day, the Showa Memorial Park and National Showa Memorial Museum. There is a phenomenon of Shōwa nostalgia. [40] In the 2020s, there were an increased number of programmes relating to the era, such as Takeda Tetsuya no Shōwa wa kagayaiteita, on the Broadcasting Satellite (BS) television channels. [41]
The celebration comes ahead of Hoda's final week on TODAY before she departs the show after her last day on Jan. 10. "The Voice" judges and music legends Snoop Dogg and Reba McEntire are among ...
Children's Day (子供の日, Kodomo no Hi), also known as Boys' Day or the Feast of Banners, traditionally celebrated as Tango no Sekku (端午の節句). 5 May Note that Citizen's Holiday ( 国民の休日 , Kokumin no Kyūjitsu ) is a generic term for any official holiday.